COLLECTION NAME:
DeneiaArchive
Record
Cemetery:
Kafkalla
Tomb and Item:
Tomb 329, P1
Ware:
Red Polished Black Top
Shape:
bowl
Notes:
Rim and body fragment from a small bowl. Incurved rounded rim. Fine incised decoration with traces of white in-fill. Below rim, horizontal zig-zag line above three horizontal lines. On upper body, three-line concentric circle motif (broadly incised) with two horizontal framed ladder bands to either side, above two or more horizontal lines. Very light-coloured fabric. Some brown inclusions. Drawn.
Description:
General shape: small open -- Extent preserved: <1/3 -- Parts: rim, body -- Joins: 1 -- Rim course: incurved -- Rim profile: thinning -- Rim end: rounded -- Rim diameter - general: 100-200 -- Rim diameter - specific: 160 -- Wall below rim: 4 -- Wall - body: 5 -- Exterior slip: medium -- Interior slip: medium -- Exterior lustre: high -- Interior lustre: high -- Mottling - interior: none -- Mottling - exterior: none -- Colour - exterior: 2.5YR4/4, 2.5YR3/3 -- Colour interior: 2.5YR2.5/0 -- Colour - fabric: 10YR7/4 -- Burnish: even -- Texture: very fine -- Inclusions - number: few -- Inclusions - size: small -- Inclusions - colour: red, white -- Hardness: medium-soft
